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Wednesday night I got a call from network support that they received an email from Covad that one of the users in my control area had a virus that was sending out spam mail, and if we didn't take care of it they were going to close his account. So I called the user so we could begin working on the problem. I had a lot of problems connecting to his pc. I was finally to a point where I was trying a last resort method, and if that didn't work he was going to have to overnight the laptop to me so I could fix in the office. He said "aren't you on vacation next week?" "Well, since you're going to be vacationing down here (Miami), why don't you come by one day and just fix the laptop so I don't have to be without it for a day". What!! I'm amazed that people would even ask me to do work on vacation. I'm spending my own money on airfare, hotel, etc...and then I'm asked to work, with no compensation? Pick up my airfare and I would think about it. Luckily, I was able to get the virus taken care of (couple of variations of Sasser, and W32.Gaobot).